Man armed with knife threatens police at apartment complex, Tucson AZ
Weapons, Medical Emergency (Mental Health Crisis)Police searched an apartment complex near S Players Club Dr for a shirtless man armed with a knife. The man threatened to provoke officers to shoot him. Officers conducted a coordinated search using a canine and requested a drone. The suspect was seen near building 7 and texted that he planned to pull a knife on police.
Audio|Source: Tucson Police West Division
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Transcript:
00:00
So level one we're getting updated description.
00:02
He's a number two male wearing a hat, long hair, but not shirt.
00:04
Black and yellow riding on the hat, jeans and a cowboy hat, facial hair, scruffy beard.
00:08
He's going to be light complexion.
00:09
I day for watching. And to the concern,
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we've got eyes on the north end of the building.
00:12
There's a driveway at the center of the complex that was from south.
00:15
Target building should be the second one just east of that driveway.
00:19
For the map, I believe unit faces north.
00:23
We've got a subject sitting outside.
00:27
Looks like the target unit.
00:28
Lee was shirtless.
00:29
I don't know if you have a clothing description.
00:30
They said he was wearing a button-up shirt.
00:32
Or, might just...
00:33
...nolland descriptors.
00:34
Ten-for his mind on the tone.
00:35
He was underneath the farewell of that second building and he saw stuff back in.
00:42
He belonged on his eyes on him.
00:43
I'm sort of the high unit.
00:44
Bottom floor apartment I take it and it's closer to the center of the center of the complex on the north end.
00:51
I'm going to be moving up with the samanator in the vehicle for cover.
00:54
Cut. Lincoln 710 4th of the bottom unit.
00:56
I believe it's a north facing.
00:57
If we can get unit to respond off the southern entrance and all the way towards the east side of the complex.
01:04
Stay on the eastern wing, parking lot of this apartment complex.
01:08
Just in case he makes a break that way away from us.
01:11
Be cognizant of any crossfire.
01:13
Be able to go southbound from the middle of the complex or just east-west.
01:19
I mean, you can probably come south as well.
01:21
There's a parking lot in the middle.
01:22
Okay, and that apartment is east or west of that parking lot in the middle.
01:26
Lincoln 7, the apartment should be east of that center driveway of the complex.
01:32
Okay, where are you used to us?
01:37
Okay, do you have cover with you?
01:38
Yeah, I do.
01:39
Okay, what was the last description given on him?
01:41
To Lincoln 7th, could you confirm if he was shirtless?
01:44
Yeah, it was shirtless through us, past.
01:46
We were provided that he was number two male.
01:48
Is he come back in anywhere or is he kind of hunkered around that area?
01:52
I'm really still hunkered down around that area, where that's farewell is.
01:56
We don't have eyes on that for since he sucked out into there.
01:59
He's never come back out.
02:00
We're going to try and push out a little bit wide to see if we get a better view on him.
02:04
277. He has Martinez tattooed across his chest and Rose tattoos on his arm.
02:09
Fucking up with the canine.
02:10
They can respond from the south and then units from the left.
02:15
We can start moving on this way too.
02:17
Therefore, we're moving with the vehicle.
02:19
We've got long gun, 40.
02:20
I'm going to see the south.
02:21
It's completely south and left with you guys.
02:23
Okay, just confirm the building number again, please.
02:25
Should be building number seven, apartment, 1025.
02:27
And we can found the eastern unit.
02:29
We saw them just south and west of that, like, sit down you guys are at, underneath that stairwell.
02:35
He may have cut through and went south past where the pool is.
02:40
Units on the south side of it, keep your eyes out.
02:41
Okay, can we see if we can get air up? Can we get a drone up, please?
02:45
Any drone unit monitoring at this time?
02:46
Really can be a route.
02:47
Copy.
02:48
We can seven, two,
02:49
nine. Do you need units there to make sure the apartments go for?
02:53
Yeah, we'll get one or two just to clear, make sure he's not in here anymore.
02:56
It's going to be on the bottom floor.
02:57
It looks like it's intact.
02:58
It doesn't like there there's any forced entry to it.
03:00
Before, let's ramping is moving up to.
03:01
Okay, just confirming 1025, right?
03:03
1020. 10.
03:04
Okay, it looks like the door is unlocked.
03:07
So we do need to clear this.
03:08
Copy. We're getting information that he texted in stating he's going to pull an eye out on officers.
03:12
Just be advised. ...units that are circulating there, just keep your eyes open, we're going to try and clear this.
03:16
We'll make announcements. I'll clear that when I get up there.
03:20
I'm going to start looking for his vehicle.
03:25
If you could start clearing the apartment complex, what was that about him having eyes on police officers? What was that reference?
03:33
The suspect's mother texted the caller stating that he was going to pull a knife out on officers so that they can shoot him.
03:40
The suspect is texting our caller saying that police are going to have to shoot him.
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Location mentioned:
Building 7, 101 S Players Club Dr, Tucson, AZ 85745
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